In case you haven’t, Gotta check Roger’s “I Wanna Be Your Man” that was a BIG hit!! It’s a classic at every bbq/house party! Btw…the originator of auto-tunes.
@guycarter66922 жыл бұрын
My favorite!!!!
@kimberlypage52852 жыл бұрын
Roger used a talk box. That’s completely different from auto tune.
@thiqlyppz2 жыл бұрын
Facts!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@WonderMommaOG2 жыл бұрын
Yes great song!
@jenivymusic2 жыл бұрын
Love the song
@BrenJen862 жыл бұрын
You HAVE to listen to More Bounce to the Ounce- huge hit that gets everyone on the dance floor
@LG-kx8xl2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!! I always laugh about what the song is about. Roger was loved by many women. R.I.P. Roger Troutman
@pd16642 жыл бұрын
Got to! 😄
@charlesxavier56812 жыл бұрын
They were way ahead of their time using vocalizers before auto tune. Now this is music 🔊 🎶 🎵
@portiamatthews96542 жыл бұрын
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box Attached is a link about the Talk Box used by Roger Troutman and Zapp. In the history it states it was created back in the 1930's. Roger Troutman made it popular in the 1980's and present day it's called Auto Tune. I thought you might like to see the article. Enjoy your evening 🙂.
@xavvi2 жыл бұрын
This song has been sampled and interpolated by so many hip-hop songs at this point that it's just embedded into the music. Zapp & Roger is one of those soundtracks of my childhood, so many amazing tracks.
@itsmrgreeneyes Жыл бұрын
Menace 2 Society when Cain was driving
@Dollywood6232 жыл бұрын
Yes yes yes! Zapp & Roger back in the day. I was obsessed with the song “I Wanna be Your Man” from them 🔥🔥🔥
@TimpossibleOne2 жыл бұрын
Main lead vocals (non computerized) is Charlie Wilson from The GAP Band. Roger is the computer voice.
@twerkingwithdastarz6 ай бұрын
Don't 4get above Shirley Murdock!!!
@tamaraholloway96342 жыл бұрын
I'm telling you, the song was prophetic. There wasn't computer dating, there was no internet. And Roger created the original tech that auto tune came from.
@KeyahD2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing! :)
@treysince21 Жыл бұрын
All facts
@99thJediWarrior2 ай бұрын
Definitely forsaw what was to come with online dating.
@TreezyE832 жыл бұрын
Us Homies in Cali grew up bumping the Legendary Zapp and Roger on the boulevards in the Lowriders , Cruising.. everybody took from their style..way before the internet☮️
@lonnielongino7982 жыл бұрын
It is a vocalizer that Roger Troutman adjusted for use with voice & synthesizer. It is called a "voice box" it was used a lot in the 70s by Joe Walsh,Peter Frampton etc,but they used it hooked up to a guitar, to make the vibration of the guitar sound like it was talking. It works by singing through a rubber tube connected to the synthesizer. Zapp was way ahead of their time. Most of Zapp & Rogers songs used the talk box. Another group from the same genre is Midnight Star.
@anw40022 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, love this one. If you like this, you will probably also like 'I want to be your man' by Zapp. RIP Roger Troutman. Herbie Hancock also used the voice box (also called a talk box) on many of his songs. ❤️
@yumyumjvp12 жыл бұрын
Yass you did it again! This stays in my playlist on rotation, and this is my backwards skating song when I'm at the rink. Also the adlib at the end...that is Uncle Charlie Wilson of the GAP Band! Roger was such a genius!!🎶🎶🎶♥️♥️♥️
@godsson77872 жыл бұрын
You know its a banger when uncle charlie is involved. His highs and lows in life and how hes managed to go straight back to the top im sure hes way more happy today than he ever was. God is real fr.
@tonyaholder47822 жыл бұрын
The female name is Shirley Murdock. She has aome songs as well. Such as: husband, can't go on without you, and as we lay. Check her out
@LG-kx8xl2 жыл бұрын
The man singing is Uncle Charlie (Charlie Wilson)! His voice is so distinctive & he's still recording at almost 70 & his voice is still perfect. He also looks very well.
@1eaglefan9602 жыл бұрын
Can't go on without you, is such a beautiful & touching song....
@tawnyh88782 жыл бұрын
@@LG-kx8xl The original version does have Shirley on the it. 👏🏾😀
@lisawilliams30562 жыл бұрын
There's a version of this where Shirley does the main vocals
@elinorgoddard27267 ай бұрын
She can sang !!
@ampthefreethinker5335 Жыл бұрын
You just dont know how incredible that song was when it came out ! Im 55 that was teenage years ! Memories
@andrearodriguez90052 жыл бұрын
Lol you should have done I Want To Be Your Man. It was iconic from the 80's! Has similar sounds but its a better groove
@annettep13962 жыл бұрын
Yes I had to pause this and go listen to that. Haha. Back to finish this now.
@estills47682 жыл бұрын
Dude yes!! I keep requesting that one too, and no one seems to want to react to it! It’s SOOO good 😌
@paulie6092 жыл бұрын
Good call, Andrea!
@chukuamorfam98192 жыл бұрын
Yes it’s a good song, not better than Computer Love but good too
@elceezDoscinco2 жыл бұрын
You crazy this one way better!
@kimberlyluttery84552 жыл бұрын
That's the musical genius Roger Troutman on the voicebox. Shirley Murdock and Uncle Charlie Wilson from the Gapp Band on vocals.
@nekronangelos2 жыл бұрын
Definitely recommend I Want To Be Your Man by Zapp & Roger - would love to see your reaction to that!
@JayveeTV2 жыл бұрын
Added!
@guarogee2 жыл бұрын
Now you can go and check out EPMD and listen to "You Gots to Chill" and find that the sample is from Roger and Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce"!! Uncle Charlie Wilson on the vocals and Shirley Murdock. Who remembers the Sin Bad Festival, the year Zapp was on it, they brought that stage down, they burn that sh*t down!!
@flyycurls2 жыл бұрын
Ooooh, I always wanted to go on that Sinbad cruise...I saw Cheryl Lynn turn it out on Aruba, when they moved it there.
@rb70072 жыл бұрын
I thought it was Aaron Hall! Oops. 😂
@guarogee2 жыл бұрын
@@rb7007 I can see that, but actually, vocally it goes, Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, Aaron Hall and R. Kelly and a few in between. R. Kelly took Aaron's entire look at one time with the bold head and cane!!
@JenniferAmour2 жыл бұрын
I used to stay up late as a kid to hear this on the radio in the “after dark” -“In between the sheets” radio show.
@nikkis19332 жыл бұрын
This song has such a great vibe 👌🏾😁
@sabinenelson80632 жыл бұрын
I saw Roger & Zapp twice in concert in Germany in a Club, so it was like a private Party. He was so funny and nice. It was a great show. I still have a photo with him . Such a great guy and great Music.. May he Rest in Peace
@rhondawilliams41652 жыл бұрын
Why does it bring me such joy to see someone discover and appreciate music that I've loved for decades? It's truly amazing. Cudos to you for being open to what we call "real music".
@djkchur2 жыл бұрын
These guys were so cool, you gotta check out their other hits -"I wanna be your man" & "Doo Waa Ditty(Blow that thing)" one will have you falling in love and the other will have you up and dancing
@serenasantiago19642 жыл бұрын
OMG! ZAPP! The only thing I ever won in my life was 2 tickets from the radio station to go to a Halloween party with ZAPP! This is 80's! I feel so bad of how Roger lost his life. My husband knows how to use that tube that makes the voice with his guitar and keyboards. Things have changed nowadays. One of the best concerts ever.
@charlesxavier56812 жыл бұрын
More bounce to the ounce is my favorite Zapp & Roger song 🎶
@lilyraiyne92252 жыл бұрын
This is a vibe! I never heard this but wow...almost like a slow groove.
@serenasantiago19642 жыл бұрын
Check out the Gap Band! You Dropped a Bomb on Me! I think you'll like it!😊 Also, check out, More Bounce to the Ounce from ZAPP. It's amazing. My granddaughter jams to this one all of the time. She's 5!
@Robbie852912 жыл бұрын
Thank you for doing this review. This song is one of my all time favorite love song’s. Your one of the FEW people has done this song. Great video.
@JL-ov6dg2 жыл бұрын
More Bounce to the Ounce! Definitely a banger!
@tnaccountability74552 жыл бұрын
I was a really good roller skater in the 80s n wad on the roller hockey team. This and "I wanna be your man" was my Jam and the ladies ate it up. It always made the group of Rookies to help them out n guide them. Best days on earth. Got me feeling like I'm swerving through people on one foot then flip around skating backwards n look back at them with a big smile. He had a tube in his mouth. Synthesizer I believe
@joemorris99952 жыл бұрын
Was addicted to this song back in the day and I'm so happy you found it.
@MoonChild-19942 жыл бұрын
Roger foretold of the internet, social media, and dating apps 😲
@ArttuJ222 жыл бұрын
Finally the sound of Roger Troutman and his talkbox
@TreezyE832 жыл бұрын
R.i.p. Roger troutman.☮️💜
@ashleystewart9942 жыл бұрын
OH!!!! You FINALLY did Zapp and Roger.......This was the MAJOR hit back in the day. Zapp was the first to invent the "vocal" synchronized the keyboard done with a plastic tube that Zapp sang into. These brothers were so instrumental in the change of the time of what was happening with music. Snoop Dog used Zapp and the same vocalization in his hit CALIFORNIA LOVE!!! The sad part to this story of these genius brothers was that it ended in tragedy with one brother killing the other.....This was pure genius in music......MUSIK MAGIK!!!!
@chukuamorfam98192 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear this jam I think about that scene in ‘Menace to Society’… Cain driving in his “newly acquired” Mustang 5.0 sitting on them gold Daytons!!
@limobei50427 ай бұрын
Exactly 😊
@francescareliford39412 жыл бұрын
Roger Troutman was like Mozart of 80's dance/funk. I like Dance Floor but my favorite is I Can Make You Dance the extended version.
@2009socalgal2 жыл бұрын
Dance Floor is my favorite too!
@D2SProductions2 жыл бұрын
This is my personal theme song, not because I chose it, it was assigned to me by my friends. Of all of my friends I'm the most knowledgeable about computers, so whenever they have computer issues they'd call me to help them out, and often whatever issue they were having wouldn't happen for me, so my best friend said, "you have Computer Love, you just know all of the right places to touch it, how to romance it and make it happy so it doesn't mess up for you." Because of that he said my personal theme song is Computer Love. :D
@hunnychile5139 ай бұрын
😂❤ a dope ass theme song I'd say! 🔥🔥😎
@cienergi2 жыл бұрын
Hometown group. My cousin was a background singer for the group and I have a lot memories with their music.❤️ When the movie Menace II Society came out, this song was played on the radio again.
@frankbustamante68332 жыл бұрын
Roger created the voice box used in this and many other songs. Roger can be heard in "California Love"
@Eowyn1872 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!
@dzcab93712 жыл бұрын
If you do watch the video and you can see roger troutman using the voice box machine in video of California Love. Tupac, Dr.Dre and Roger Troutman.
@frankbustamante68332 жыл бұрын
@Frank Dunn the one that Roger used for his performances was a custom made design by Roger
@APBT2022 Жыл бұрын
Actually that's not true. It was created by someone named bob Heil. Peter Frampton in " Do you feel like I do, in the 70s. Roger was in the 80's.
@temetatauz2 жыл бұрын
Yuuuusss ! I love your reactions. Can see you genuinely appreciate good music no matter the genre. Doo Wa Ditty, I wanna be your man my Fave Zapp & Roger
@ragjamrock2 жыл бұрын
If you check your reaction to "Do you feel like I do" by Peter Frampton you will see him put a tube in his mouth around the 7min mark.He's using a talk box which is what Zapp and Roger used to get their signature sound.Other notable recordings using the talk box are Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh and Living on a prayer by Bon Jovi!🎶🌴
@bethanythatsme2 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to cruising with trunks full of speakers back in the 90s 🖤
@ICTS222 жыл бұрын
Damn Zapp are so classic, so futuristic for their time. Another band with a tragic history. The electronic band Kraftwerk, who also had robotic themes in their music and visuals, also made a song called "Computer Love." Have you ever checked out Kraftwerk? Depeche Mode borrowed heavily from Kraftwerk. Very different, but also killer in it's own right.
@5x7m2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Love Kraftwerk...Numbers, TransEurope Express are my favorites! Depeche Mode cool too 😎 👍🏾
@lisac99302 жыл бұрын
You done put ur hand waaaaay down deep into the old school VOLT OF SERIOUS JAMS & dug up a MEGA GEM!!!!! Ain't heard that jam in forever! 👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
@jdlives89922 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to this and reggae. It drove my parents insane. My dad was a drill Sgt. my mom a Mormon. Imagine… 200watt amp 8 speakers with a 10’’. Pretty cool to watch people get this for the first time. Epic
@Exodus26.13Pi2 жыл бұрын
My life was less than perfect and this brought me so much joy.
@Sbamabelle2 жыл бұрын
Oh this was my jam back in the day , thanks for bringing back great memories
@MRLMF52 жыл бұрын
This is the same guy on CALIFORNIA LOVE with Tupac and Dr Dre. He is the creator of the device ROGER.
@krissmgvlogs2 жыл бұрын
A song I had forgotten about. It was THE JAM back in the day!!
@kayatwood83132 жыл бұрын
Classic!🙌
@sherrysandlin30022 жыл бұрын
Yes great song . 80's had some of the best songs.
@staceycheatom44272 жыл бұрын
Roger Troutman was ahead of his time with using the "talk box" to make his voice sound like that, similar to what we know today as autotune. Charlie Wilson from the Gap Band and Shirley Murdock also sang vocals on this song, along with Roger. Roger also sang the hook on Dr. Dre and Tupac's "California". He was sadly murdered way too young by his own brother.
@Kim-4272 жыл бұрын
It’s the same thing. Don’t try to act like it’s something different. It’s not new and he wasn’t ahead of his time. It was here before and the youngens are using it like everything from the past. Everything comes back around. Lol
@staceycheatom44272 жыл бұрын
@@Kim-427 Ummm...Kim, I'm 46 yrs old, I'm not trying to act like anything. I stand by what I said, Roger was ahead of his time with the sound and technology. That sound came back around, but he should be credited with making it popular, like T-Pain and autotune.
@2009socalgal2 жыл бұрын
I still remember what I was doing the day I heard Roger Troutman had died. I was driving and had to pull over, I was just in shock and saddened. . RIP Roger.
@KenJames99112 жыл бұрын
I remember that song from the Movie "Menace to Society"....
@chenoda2 жыл бұрын
✨Zapp & Roger music made up a big chunk of my early childhood, as it's definitely the music my parents listened to! Switch, Shalimar, Zapp & Roger, Rose Royce, Debarge, Earth Wind & Fire! All great R&B bands from the 70's and 80's! 🤍✨
@kristinafinch30372 жыл бұрын
He used a voice box . Way before its time. One of the best songs ever
@kimberlinibambini19882 жыл бұрын
Hey Jay! I’d like to request their hit “Dance Floor” as well! 💚👍✌️ I typed this originally at the beginning- and then you saw “Dance Floor” at the end!! 😃 My favorite of theirs- please do it Jay-
@trenagrady68022 жыл бұрын
Roger Troutman was featured on Tupac and Dre California Love
@naturally9532 жыл бұрын
I remember this song. Yes Jay, "Dance Floor" gotcha on the dance floor!🙂
@CulperGaming2 жыл бұрын
When I listen to this I feel like I am listening to what possibly inspired someone I think is one of the greatest producers all time and that is Devante Swing. So many later Jodeci songs have a similar sound.
@APDaneGL10 ай бұрын
The greatest R&B song I've ever heard. ❤️
@mschill55752 жыл бұрын
I remember always driving by Troutman Studios as a kid visiting my grandparents in Dayton, OH. Roger's brother Larry killed him, then committed suicide in 1999.
@charlesxavier56812 жыл бұрын
That’s crazy. Didn’t know that’s what happened to him.
@cupcakes70152 жыл бұрын
I remember 😪 12/16/2021
@gymeni2 жыл бұрын
I’m originally from Dayton. That incident tore people up.
@PrettySaditty19202 жыл бұрын
This song instantly reminds me of that parking lot scene from Menace to Society
@Mikah2342 жыл бұрын
Heard this band and this song live in concert back in the day. Classic
@jimharrington65402 жыл бұрын
Zapp & Roger are legendary. They influenced so much great music, and consistently made excellent songs. It's an absolute shame what happened to Roger, RIP
@libbaT2 жыл бұрын
Absolute G.O.A.T. His nephew Rufus continued the voicebox legacy. Try "I wanna be your man"
@reneec1212 жыл бұрын
Roger Troutman was a pioneer in using the voice box. More bounce to the Ounce, n their cover of Heard it Through the Grapevine r must listens. Also California Love with Dr Dre n Tupac.
@bertramjonessr.692310 ай бұрын
Roger used a talkbox to make that sound and the instrument was invented back in the 70s. One of the first really popular songs that used the talkbox was from Peter frampton in the 70s.
@4evalocd6602 жыл бұрын
Yes a true jam back then💯🤎🤎✌🏾✌🏾
@samij50932 жыл бұрын
Can't miss that Uncle Charlie Wilson vocal! Love his growl! This is a SUPREME classic. So ahead of his time with this sound. Such a shame Roger was taken from us so tragically.
@joannewootton83282 жыл бұрын
Oh man yes, so glad that you enjoyed this classic tune & check out so ruff, so tuff, slow & easy, more bounce to the ounce & of course the classic tune I wanna be your man & it's such a shame with what happened to him when he was killed by his brother back in 1999, your music still lives on Mr. Roger Troutman R.I.P LEGEND 🌈🕊🌹❤XX.
@nataliebagshaw27732 жыл бұрын
Wowww not heard this song in such a long time. I remember been I a club when this came out. Next day straight to the record shop and bought it on 12" vinyl and played it over and over 😁
@conniesloan9212 жыл бұрын
He uses a voice box
@karengoodman1678 Жыл бұрын
AND THIS WAS BEFORE CELL PHONES AND ALL OF THIS RIDICULOUS TECHNOLOGY…YESS, I LONG FOR THE DAYS WHEN WE DID NOT CARRY A CELL PHONE EVERYWHERE..
@mrloverman752 жыл бұрын
The sound is called the talkbox. Roger Troutmsn was known for using this on all his song
@rarabarak8252 жыл бұрын
In case no one has told you yet. That is the famous Charlie Wilson from the Gap Band on background vocals. His name couldn't be put on the song at the time, because of record label problems.
@generaines63692 жыл бұрын
You can't go wrong with Roger Troutman. You must check out "Doo Wah Ditty", "More Bounce to the Ounce", "I Can Make You Dance", "I Want to Be Your Man", "Dance Floor"!
@DerekWilsonProgrammer Жыл бұрын
The way the song was made is a story in itself. Charlie and Roger were friends, and they were signed to different labels. But they had this idea to work on a song together, and this song came out of it. They wanted to do a music video, but because they were signed to different labels, they couldn't get it done. This song isn't just about love, it's about friendship, and keeping that friendship no matter what life throws at you.
@greganderson14454 ай бұрын
This came out my freshman year of high school. Great memories!
@alphamajor01952 жыл бұрын
This song has an such an strong groove to it you can not deny it! 💯 #RIPRogerTroutman
@wanderlustaesthete41172 жыл бұрын
Al B Sure Day and Night
@kendragreene59532 жыл бұрын
YES
@kristenturner14372 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@marshagreen97592 жыл бұрын
Love this group and the song....He was just awesome with his style.
@BlackValyria2 жыл бұрын
There is a video. Rodger Troutman was the 1st to use the voice box💯. I had to play the on the jukebox everyday waiting for my elementary bus💜
@BlackValyria2 жыл бұрын
@Frank Dunn in OUR music he mos def was. And THATS👏🏾ALL👏🏾THAT👏🏾MATTERS #DontCome4MeUnlessISend4U now you're dismissed 💃🏾
@lisawilliams30562 жыл бұрын
I loved that song back in the eighties! 'It Doesn't Really Matter' is also excellent
@kriskammeraad39552 жыл бұрын
I used to see this band back in the 70' when they were called Roger and the Human Body , at a bar called Dooleys in East Lansing.
@zinarhone76422 жыл бұрын
There is an official video for this song. Chech out Rogers tune Doo Wah Ditty(Blow my Thang) He's master of the voicebox.
@carolespinoza84692 жыл бұрын
All my kids played that dam song all the time. 😱😱. Drove me crazy. 🤯🤯. Luv ya jay 😍
@SUZABELLA342 жыл бұрын
Zapp.. Dance Floor.. And their cover of Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine.. Awesome!!
@gp_era96712 жыл бұрын
You HAVE to check out “Nite and Day” by Al B. Sure! This is late 80s R&B at the height of a fresh/new sound making way of what people called the “New Jack Era”. Definitely check it out!
@LeeDfined2 жыл бұрын
I don't know Roger but my family does...he hails from Dayton, Ohio and in spite of his fame he was approachable and stayed down to earth. Makes me proud to know that someone who lived up the road from my Grandma's in Trotwood changed the face of music.
@djjo77572 жыл бұрын
I love Roger and Zapp my favorite group in highschool
@juxtaposebeauty2472 жыл бұрын
I always knew Shirley Murdock was on this song but I was today years old when I found out that Charlie Wilson was on here. There's another video recommended under this one that explains how Roger and Charlie came up with the concept.
@kimberlypage52852 жыл бұрын
The sound is made from the talk box. Roger Troutman popularized it. He was definitely a musical genius. Check out more from him and Zapp. At one point, Shirley Murdock was a member of the group (she’s the female vocalist in this song), then she went solo. Definitely an R&B powerhouse with some classic hits. Check her out too.
@KeyahD2 жыл бұрын
This song came out in the 80s...folks didn't start the computer dating to the late 90s/early 2000s...he had a good premonition of the future! :) I ditto to listen to I Wanna Be Your Man....my fav. RIP Roger Troutman.
@anjiharrell61752 жыл бұрын
More bounce is the absolute jam!! Gotta check it out.
@jeffguy49692 жыл бұрын
I still listen to this classic on the regular...I wanna be your Man should be next!
@shandrastrickland12602 жыл бұрын
This will forever remain a hit! Also listen to I Wanna Be Your Man, and also Doo Woo Ditty! Both hits
@mic12402 жыл бұрын
One of many great funk groups out if Dayton, Ohio. Zapp had lots of no classic grooves, most faster pace. Back when there was wider genre of music and R&B thriving.
@19603172 жыл бұрын
Dayton, the Land of Funk!!
@clivehann59282 жыл бұрын
oH! Do I miss the 80's creative times ..good music content + the smiles.
@patricksmith67962 жыл бұрын
Roger did songs that stood the test of time like this song Computer Love his other songs like "I Wanna Be Your Man" and the one you mentioned at the end of the song "Dance Floor" were hits in the 80's.